Improvement in hold-fasts for rain-conductors



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

HUGH S. POLLOOK AND ALBERT GUDENOGE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN HOLD-FASTS FOR RAIN-CONDUCTORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 155,750, dated October 6, 1874 application tiled September 15, 1874.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that We, H. S. POLLOCK and A. GUDENOGE, of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hold-Fasts for Rain-Pipes; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the aecompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

The nature of our invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a fastening `for holding rain and other pipes, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which our invention appertains to make and use the same, we will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure l is a side elevation. Figs. 2 and 3 are cross-sections on lines x m and y y, Fig. l. Figs. 4 and 5 are enlarged views of the fastening.

Our pipe-fastening is made in the shape of a metal band cut across the center in two parts, A and B. The part A is formed with or attached to a cross-bar, O, which is fastened to the wall in any suitable manner. On the ends of the part A are formed inclined tubes a a extending from thev lower edge upward onehalf the width of the band. On the ends of the part B are fastened pins b b, which are inclined to correspond with the inclination of the tubes a a, and these pins are fastened simply at the upper one-half the width of the band, leaving a slot between the lower half of the pin and the band.

When the pipe is placed in the part A, the part B is put on from above, so that the pins b b will enter the tubes a a, and on account of the inclination of said pins and tubes Vthe part B is drawn tightly against the pipe, so as to clamp and hold the pipe in place.

In lieu of the pins and tubes described, the partA may have a lug, d, on the outside at each end, and the ends of the part B be elongated and provided with inclined slots e to ride over said lugs and bind the pipe firmly.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The bisected band-fastening A B, provided with inclined tubes a a and inclined pins b b, or the described equivalents, arranged to operate substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our own we affix our signatures 1n presence of two witnesses.

HUGH S. POLLOOK.

ALBERT GUDENOGE.

Witnesses:

JNO. V. KEEFFE, THos. ALEXANDER, Jr. 

